12 Statice Limonium on the Banks of the Humber. 
and the thickness from 320 to 330/*. The average length was 
3-5 cm. and the breadth 0-97 cm. The ‘ stalk ’ was about 
one-third the total length of the leaf. All had terminal tips 
and a comparatively broad, scarious margin. None of the 
plants flowered during the three years they were under ob- 
servation, 1902-1904. 
In August, 1911, this outstray was in practically the same 
condition. The leaves of the Statice were, however, smaller, 
varying from 0*7 to 1*4 cm. in length, and 0-3 to o-6 cm. in 
breadth, the average length being 1-08 cm. and the breadth 
0*46 cm. Further observations on these plants are given later. 
Station B (Hedon Haven). — Hedon Haven is a narrow 
tidal creek, about two miles in length, which contains only a 
few inches of water at low tide. Along the sides, at the foot 
of the artificial bank, there is a narrow strip of saltmarsh, 
up to ten yards wide in a few places, which grows chiefly 
Sea Aster. About a quarter of a mile up the Haven from 
locality ‘ A,’ a few plants of Statice Limonium occurred in 
1902-04. At the point where they grew, the strip of salt- 
marsh and part of the bank had slipped into the Haven, so 
that the face of the bank descended precipitously to an area 
of almost bare mud. The Statice plants were situated at the 
foot of the bank, some of them with their leaves growing up 
among the long grass with which the bank was covered. 
The locality had a southerly aspect and was protected from 
wind. The estimated level of the plants was 8 ft. 6 — 9 ft. 
O.D. 
The leaves of these plants were extraordinarily large. On 
a plant among grass, the leaves attained a length of 36 cm. 
and a breadth of 9 cm. in 1903, and a length of 43 cm. with 
a breadth of 6*25 cm. in 1904. An inflorescence of this plant 
taken in August, 1903, was 47*5 cm. high. Plants a short 
distance away, on the mud, had leaves up to 32-5 cm. long 
and 5-6 cm. broad. 
The leaves of Statice Limonium are furnished with a tip 
or point in continuation of the mid-rib. On small leaves, 
such as those noted in locality ‘A,’ the tip is terminal. On 
the larger leaves, the tip often arises from the mid-rib a 
short distance below the apex, and the apex of the leaf may 
be hooded. On unfolded leaves, the tip may be produced 
into a long flagellum, but this usually breaks off when the leaf 
is fully expanded, leaving only a short stump. In locality 
‘ B,’ the tips on the leaves observed in 1903 were below the 
apex of the leaf (subterminal), and were up to 3 cm. long on 
unfolded leaves. In 1904, the tips were terminal or sub- 
terminal on the same plant. The thickness of the larger 
leaves was 440-480/*. 
(To be continued). 
Naturalist 
